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Jay << I think the parallel is that Inanna is a goddess who undergoes a terrible punishment dies and rises again and Jesus is a god who undergoes a terrible punishment, dies and rises again. >> And the differences are these: -- on "death" : none of the so-called "savior-gods" die...

Hanging something dead from a hook in the 'underworld' is not a crucifixion. Carrier does indeed imply Inanna was 'crucified like Jesus' in those online articles. I rebut that in full here. http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/JesusEvidenceCarrier.htm The main points are: (1) Carrier repeated...

Maybe this answers the question why Jesus is not mentioned more outside the primary Christian material: "...Jesus was a marginal Jew leading a marginal movement in a marginal province [Judea, found in the lower right of the map] of a vast Roman Empire [the area in purple on the map below]. The ...

Peter Kirby << I expected to see objections, but I did not expect to see one of them as the idea that I moved through texts in the wrong order.... :roll: >> Well it's just annoying to me that mythicist people (you may be 'agnostic' on the question, I'm not sure) always seem to start with Josephus fi...

I notice a 'pattern' about those who dispute or doubt the historicity of Jesus. The pattern is start with the 'weaker' and 'later' evidence first, dismiss all of it as best you can, then move on to the 'stronger' and 'earlier' evidence, cast as much doubt as possible on it, hoping people won't notic...

I will be getting Carrier's OHJ book. Here is my 'apologist' contribution.... http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/JesusEvidenceCrucifiedSaviors.htm (part 1) http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/JesusEvidenceHistorical.htm (part 2) and an 'addendum' to Part 1 http://www.biblicalcatholi...